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I second the Success series. I've got Fundamentals and Med-Surg Success and love both. What I like most is that they have rationales listed for the right and wrong answers, and I highly recommend reading them all. Even if you get the question righ...

We have 3 tries to pass with a 90% (used to be 95%) or better each semester. First semester we're given the chapters to study throughout the semester on our own, and we take the test right before finals. Every semester after that, we take it before...

My first M/S exam is tomorrow, and I should be studying that right now. But hey, I have to take a break, right?!

Wow. Since when is doing well irritating? It drives me nuts that when everyone is asking how others did the students who did well are said to be boasting, but the ones who made B's or C's are simply sharing. Way to go, OP! That's awesome and you s...

It's five semesters total. While it's definitely a full-time work load, you are not technically a full-time student. I'm in second semester right now and we're only taking five hours. Last semester was six. Next, I believe is six or nine dependin...

I've never liked studying in a group, until now. I'm lucky to have found several other students in my class that have the same mentality towards school that I do. We all read and prepare on our own ahead of time, then get together and answer/discus...

I highly recommend that book! I credit that book with much of my success in my first semester, and I know that many of my classmates also really liked it. I read some of the test taking tips, but for the most part just used the practice questions. ...

Thanks for the info! With practicums and the lab not being open much, I completely forgot that I had posted again, so I'm glad I checked back. I was kind of thinking it would be along those lines, but it always helps to hear it from those who've 'b...

Apparently they heard enough from your class that they decided to give us the assignments at orientation. So we owe you guys a HUGE thank you for speaking up! As far as the tests go, they're NCLEX style. However, according to the blueprints, they'r...

Precisely why I hated the one online class I've taken so far. I have a need to fully understand things, a natural curiosity, I suppose. My micro instructor went so far as to say that I'm too hard on myself and don't need to strive for perfection wh...

Yes, we are in agreement. I'm sorry, I misunderstood what you were saying. I thought that you were saying that we would never be given unsafe orders by doctors. Please forgive my confusion. As far as it being the best choice, I also agree, not ou...

My pharmacology instructor specifically told us that we are the last check before the med is given to the patient, and doctors do, in fact, occasionally make mistakes when writing prescriptions, and those mistakes occasionally make it past the pharma...

I second allrecipes & recipezaar. I also really like kraftfoods.com, too...lots of very easy one pot/pan meals.

I'm starting in the fall, too, and I'm doing the same thing. Anything to make my life easier when it gets crazy! A few of the things that I'm doing-- -Rearrange our guest room into a study room for me. I'm hoping to get a study group going and if ...

Yep, that's how mine does it too. I understand your frustration, and have asked the FA people at my CC that very same question numerous times. I've always had to use funds better left untouched (i.e. savings, credit card) and replenish them when my...

I've only actually donated once. I usually either miss the donor wagon or my iron is too low. Like others, I'm O+, so I wish I could more often. ETA- Forgot to add, choosing nursing as my career had no bearing on my choice to donate.

You've been confirmed. I did it right after I saw your post, but apparently FB doesn't send you a notification that you have. As a matter of fact, aside from getting requests to join, I haven't gotten a single notification about the group, like whe...

pcrn- That's great news! And I'm sure a relief for you. When I was a Realtor, TREC (the BON's equivalent in real estate) was the same way. Only one person to process license applications and renewals, and then that same person to process the back...

Hi Escochea! I think as long as you got all of your paperwork in that was listed on the acceptance letter, there's nothing else to do before orientation. It sounds like most of us will have the blue card, shot records, and anything else that we've ...

Yeah, all of the early pp's were based on the old book, which is why I used it for the test instead of the new one. I figured that out real quick when I was trying to study from the new one and had a hard time finding everything. Now that we're get...

pcrn- I don't blame you for dropping. Now that I see such a disparity in how the course is set up at each school, I can understand why Cyfair wasn't accepting pharm from other schools. If I didn't hate online courses as much as I do, I wouldn't ha...

That's about the same amount of material that we're covering, too. The required book is the same as well, however she's in the middle of switching books, so I've been using the old one (borrowed from a friend to study with) and will use the new one ...

Definitely sounds like our classes are different...so odd. Aside from the actual quizzes, all of our dosage calc stuff is done on our own outside of class. Do you guys have the Dosage Calculations book? If so, I can post and/or e-mail what she's h...

Hi Candy! I was wondering if you were still around. The FB group is the one that I posted a link for on the first page. The link still works, but you have to be logged in for it to go to the group, otherwise it just goes to the log in page. If th...

So you're the joker? Thank goodness for you! That class is so quiet and needs the lightening up! I'm sitting right across from you...dark brown ponytail and black glasses. Are you feeling like it's way easier than it should be? Most of it seems ...